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THE FOUR MOONS 171<br />

units of measurement to express the two sacred numbers of astronomy<br />

that had the greatest importance for them, the numbers<br />

of days in the lunar and in the solar year at that time.<br />

There is another even more mysterious example of the use of<br />

the same sacred numbers on the other side of the world, namely,<br />

at the famed Tower of Babel. It was constructed, in units of the<br />

THE TOWER OF BABEL<br />

Original Dimensions in Meters<br />

and in Sumerian Feet of 310.723 mm<br />

Width in feet Temple Width In meters<br />

91|. 2l|.0,000 P^ 29.2<br />

120 360,000 P^ 37.3<br />

ll|8 1|.80,000 P^ 46.0<br />

D (D<br />

176 600,000 P^ Sk.l 5<br />

ct<br />

It 201; 720,000 P^ 63.1; (D 600, 000 P^ 82.0<br />

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